Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 21st Feb 2004 11:13 UTC
I already have a PalmV PDA with PalmOS 3.5. I never use it. I practically have absolutely no need for an organizer. Yet, I wanna buy a new one. That geek gene in me (that my mother unsuccessfully tried to kill over the years) what really wants is a "truly mobile PC" that just isn't a laptop. So, for the last few days I was shopping around the Internet for a new PDA (preferably a PocketPC this time) that would fit the kind of thing I am looking for. I was... horrified to find out that what I need isn't... invented yet.
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Yes and no... Surely there is a lot to do with marketing with the gadget obsessed folks out there... but I have always liked portable electronic gadgets, long before they actually existed (I love science fiction, which is why I got into computers in the first place). Some of us just like gadgets!
The Tapwave product looks very cool. Just lacks a little bit of other stuff in it...
I'm interested in small computers to replace my home computer. Not as a portable. Meaning, I am sick of these huge, hot, noisey machines. The current smaller and quieter things (itx) are underpowered for my uses, so I'm still waiting. My home uses need Windows XP. My portable needs require no OS like Windows XP.
If I'm going to run Windows XP, it's for the express purpose of running Sonar, Reason, Sound Forge, Painter, Photoshop, etc and working with my digital audio hardware and Wacom tablet. Not to carry it around. Windows XP is a tool for media functions for me, not a convenience device. A portable computer wouldn't make sense having an OS like that. I would rather have a specialized device than a "tries to be everything" computer with a "tries to be everything" OS.
In fact, I'd rather have dedicated devices for all my media work than the "everything" computers, in general ;-)